Guy wire anchor device



E. K. COLE 1,857,434

May 10, 1932.

GUY WIRE ANCHOR DEVICE Filed Sept. 9, 1929 Patented May 10, 1932 UNITEDSTATES ELMER x. COLE, onwrlv rnnsnr, Iowa GUY WIRE ANCHOR Applicationfiled September 9, 1929. Serial No. 391,232.

The object of my invention is to provide means of simple, durable andinexpensive construction for connecting guy wires with anchor rods, insuch manner that the desired amount of tension may be applied to theancholr cable with a minimum of applied power; an

A further object is to provide a device of this character in which thevarious parts may be galvanized before assembled, and then may beassembled and put under tension without destroying the galvanized layer.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combinationof the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated areattained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claim,and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows an isometric view illustrating a portion of an anchor rodwith a loop formed therein, and a roller eye mounted in the loop and aportion of the wire cable applied to the roller eye.

Figure 2 shows a portion of an anchor rod with a loop therein and aroller eye applied to the loop and shown in section; and

Figure 3 shows a side elevation of the roller eye as formed, and beforeit is applied to the loop in the anchor rod and bent to round form.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, I have used the numeral 10 toindicate an anchor rod having formed therein a loop 11, the upper halfof which is made in the form of a true semi-circle. The roller eye isformed of a single piece of malleable metal.

This eye in the form in which it is manufactured comprises asubstantially elliptical body portion 12, having substantially radiallyarranged ends 13 spaced apart as shown in Figure 3. The outer surface isformed with a cable groove 14, and the central opening is rounded at 15to substantially conform to the interior of the loop 11, as shown inFigure 2. The wire cable is indicated by the numeral 16.

These separate parts, after they have been manufactured in the formdescribed, are then subjected to the ordinary galvanizing process,

by which coating or rust P of material is applied to the exteriorsurface of said parts.

- Then theroller eye is placed in position eye to compress it, thusbringing the surfaces 13 to adjacent position as shown in Figure 1,

and forming the roller eye :into a complete circle, surrounding the loop11.

I have found by actual experience that this bending of the roller eyewill not in any way injuriously affect the coating of galvanizedmaterial. y

The anchor devices may be handled and shipped in the ordinary manner,and when it is desired to use one of them, for anchoring a wire cable,the wire cable is passed around the roller eye in the manner shown inFigure 1, and then tension is applied to one end thereof for tighteningthe cable.

The roller eye is of much greater diameter than that of the loop 11, andhence the cable is not bent over as sharp a curve as would be withoutthe roller eye. greater tension is applied to the cable to draw up oneend of it, the cable itself will grip However, when .7 5

tightly in the groove of the roller eye and will not slip, but willcause the roller eye to rotate relative to the loop 11. L I have foundby actual experience that such movement of the cable and roller eye willnot injuriously affect the coating of galvanized material on the cableor in the groove 14 of the roller eye, whereas with devices for; thispurpose which have been used heretofore, and in which the relativelyrough cable must slide relative to the loop 11, then the galvanizedmaterial, both on the cable and on the loop 11, is to a greater or lessextent de'e; stroyed.

I have also found that the limited amount of rotary movement of theroller eye relative to the loop 11 will not injuriously affect thegalvanized material, because both of these:- engagin surfaces arerelatively smooth and the slig t amount of rotation required will onlybrighten or polish the adjacent surfaces, and will not destroy thegalvanized layer.

I claim as my invention:

A cable anchor device comprisin in combination an anchor rod formed Wita loop, and a roller eye formed complete of a single piece of malleablemetal, and having a central opening, and also having its ends spacedapart far enough to permit it to be placed in position, with theloop ofthe anchor rod containedlvvithin said "central opening, said r0 11- ereye being of such shape that when its adjacent ends are pressed togetherit vvill be substantially round in outline-and capable of free rotationupon the anchonloop. m.

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